Sightings - Saturday 30th April 2016

Black-throated Diver - 1 past Portland Bill
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Hobby - 1 Longham Lakes
Whimbrel - 9 Hengistbury Hd, 5 Portland Bill, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Durlston CP.
Common Sandpiper - 2 Hengistbury Hd, 2 Lodmoor, 1 Langham Lakes
Kittiwake - 1 Radipole Lake
Roseate Tern - 1 off Medford Quay
Swift - 30 Longham Lakes, 17 Durston CP.
Bee-eater - 1 Eight Kings Quarry then over Portland Obs and then out to sea.
Yellow Wagtails - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Ferrybridge
Black Redstart - 2 Portland Bill
Redstart - 3 Reap Lane Portland, 2 Portland Castle, 2 Durlston CP, 1 Ferrybridge
Whinchat - 2 Hengistbury Hd, 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Hartland Moor
Wheatear - 19 Ferrybridge, 2 Hengistbury Hd.
Ring Ouzel - 1 still Stanpit north scrubs.
Sedge Warbler - 1 Southwell, 1 Reap Lane Portland
Lesser Whitethroat - 15 Durlston CP.
Whitethroat - 35 Durlston CP, 2 Portland Bill, 1 Reap Lane
Spotted Flycatcher - 2 Durlston CP, 1 Reap Lane

Kittiwake - Radipole Lake © Brett Spencer

Sightings - Friday 29th April 2016

Black-throated Diver - 1 Castle Cove
Manx Shearwater - 20 past Portland Bill
Balearic Shearwater - 1 past Chesil Cove
Whimbrel - 61 Lytchett Bay
Common Sandpiper - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Pomarine Skua - 1 past Portland Bill
Little Tern - 4 Stanpit Marsh
Whinchat - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Stanpit Marsh
Redstart - 2 Stanpit Marsh, 1 Durlston CP, 1Avalanche Rd, 1 The Hump Portland.
Wheatear - 15 Durlston CP.
Ring Ouzel - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 PC World Poole, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Avalanche Rd, 1 The Hump Portland
Wood Warbler - 1 Stanpit Marsh

Grey Partridge - Martinstown © Nigel Tooth

Sightings - Thursday 28th April 2016

Eider - 1 Hengistbury Head

Black-throated Diver -1 Portland Harbour

Great Northern Diver - 4 Portland Harbour

Manx Shearwater - 100's past Portland Bill, 130+ Weymouth Bay
Marsh Harrier - 1 Hengistbury Head

Osprey - 1 Middlebere

Sanderling - 3 Chesil

Whimbrel - 14 Chesil, 10 over Lodmoor, 9 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Fields

Cuckoo - 1 The Nothe Weymouth, 1 Suckthumb Quarry Portland, 1 near Portesham

Wryneck - 1 Portesham

Redstart - 4 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Castle, 1 Durlston CP

Whinchat - 2 Stanpit, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Coombe Valley

Ring Ouzel - 1 Stanpit

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Stanpit

Pallas's Warbler - 1 still present at Portesham

Wood Warbler - 1 Verne Common Portland
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Verne Common Portland

Pied Flycatcher  - 2 Avalanche Road Hump Portland

Yesterday: a Cuckoo was at Corfe Mullen in the evening

 

Linnet at Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquoy

 

 

Sightings - Wednesday 27th April 2016

Mandarin Duck - 8 Merley Park

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury

Black-throated Diver -1 Portland Harbour

Great Northern Diver -1 Portland Harbour

Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Brownsea Island

Hen Harrier - 1 male at Swineham

Osprey - 1 over Brand's Bay

Sanderling - 2 Ferrybridge

Bar-tailed Godwit - 6 Christchurch Harbour

Whimbrel - 50 Christchurch Harbour, 17 Portland Bill

Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill

Cuckoo - 1 Southwell

Short-eared Owl - 1 in-off Portland Bill

Yellow Wagtail - 6 Portland West Cliffs, 2 Christchurch Harbour

Black Redstart - 1 Portland Bill

Redstart - 4 Portland Bill,  2 Hengistbury Head

Whinchat - 1 Portland Bill

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill

Pallas's Warbler - 1 still at Portesham

Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill

Pied Flycatcher 2  Hengistbury Head

 

Nightingale on Purbeck © Jol Mitchell

 

 

Dunlin at Hengistbury Head © Clinton Whale

 

Blackcap at Stour Valley © Geoff Norquoy

 

 

Mandarin Duck at Merley Park © John Hammick

 

Sightings - Tuesday 26th April 2016

Hen Harrier - 1 Hartland Moor

Hobby - 1 Hartland Moor, 1 Ferrybridge

Sanderling - 2 Ferrybridge

Whimbrel -  45 West Bexington, 30+ Portland Bill, 6 Ferrybridge, 4 Stanpit
Arctic Skua - 1 Portland Bill

Great Skua - 5 Chesil Cove, 3 Portland Bill
Caspian Gull -  a potential at Mudeford Quay
Yellow Wagtail - 1 West Bexington, 1 Stanpit, 1 Lytchett Fields

Redstart - 5 Portland Bill
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Bill

Wood Warbler - 1 Portland Bill

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 probable trapped at Portland Bird Obs

Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Weymouth (Old Castle Road)

 

Garden Warbler at Lodmoor © Daragh Croxson

 

Sightings - Monday 25th April 2016

Scaup - 1 female Abbotsbury
Great Northern Diver - 2 Portland Bill
Glossy Ibis - 1 Charmouth
Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury

Osprey - 1 West Cliffs Portland & Portland Harbour

Spotted Redshank - 3 Lytchett Fields

Arctic Skua - 2 Portland Bill
Great Skua - 11 Portland Bill
Arctic Tern - 1 Portland Harbour

Swift - 90 Longham Lakes, 2 Swineham

Nightingale - 1 Challow Hill (nr Corfe Castle)
Ring Ouzel - 2 Eggardon Hill
Redstart - 1 Cogden Beach
 

Cetti's Warbler at Swineham © Clive Hargrave

Sightings - Sunday 24th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 2 Portland Harbour, 1 off Sandbanks
Hobby - 3 Powerstock Common
Red Kite -1 Lytchett Bay, 2 Buckland Newton
Osprey - 1 Pisden Pen
Iceland Gull - 1 over Southwell, 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Short-eared Owl - 1 Portland
Wryneck - 1 Radipole Lake
Pied Flycatcher - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland

Nightingale Cheselbourne © Vaughan Ashby

Sparrowhawk Iwerne Minster © Stuart Jones

Sightings - Saturday 23rd April 2016

Red Kite - 1 West Bexington

Merlin - 1 Rodden Hive

Hen Harrier - 1 Hartland Moor

Whimbrel - 38 West Bexington

Spotted Redshank - 5 Lytchett Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 8 Lyme Regis

Meditteranean Gull - 105 past Hengistbury Head

Black Tern - 8 past Portland Bill

Spoonbill - 1 Rodden Hive

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Obs

Common Whitethroat Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquoy

Spotted Flycatcher Portsesham © Jayson Grove

Lesser Black-backed Gulls Bournemouth © David Wareham

Sightings - Friday 22nd April 2016

Common Sandpiper - 2 Longham Lakes
Yellow Wagtail - 12 Longham Lakes
Water Pipit - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Swift - 4 Longham Lakes
Grasshopper Warbler - Crouch Hill Christchurch Harbour, 1 Portland Obs
Garden Warbler - 1 Portland Obs
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 Southwell Portland

Spotted Redshank Brownsea Island © Clinton Whale

Sightings - Thursday 21st April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Red Kite - singles over Lytchett Bay, Rodden, Beaminster, Foxholes (Poole)
Hobby - 1 Cogden
Manx Shearwater - 133 past Chesil Cove
Whimbrel - 154 past Chesil in the am, 56 in the evening
Bar-tailed Godwit - 219 past Chesil Cove
Arctic Skua - 1 past Chesil Cove
Pomarine Skua  - 1 past Chesil Cove
Great Skua - 1 past Chesil Cove
Wood Warbler - 1 Portland

Red Kite over Foxholes - Marcus Lawson

Sightings - Wednesday 20th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury

Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury

Great Northern Diver - 1 past Ferrybridge

Hobby - 1 Morden Bog

Bar-tailed Godwit - 7 Christchurch Harbour

Cuckoo - 1 Portland Bill

Swift - 1 Portland Bill

Nightingale - 2 Ringstead

Whinchat - 1 Hengistbury Head

Ring Ouzel - 1 West Cliffs Portland, 1 Stanpit

Melodious Warbler - a possible near Verne Common Portland

 

Skylark at Hengistbury Head yesterday © Clive Hargrave

 

Whearear at Hengistbury Head yesterday © Clive Hargrave

 

Whinchat at Hengistbury Head yesterday © Clive Hargrave

 

Sightings - Tuesday 19th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury
Spoonbill - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Brownsea Island

Marsh Harrier - 1 Longham Lakes

Buzzard - 43+ near Winterbourne Abbas

Hobby - 1 Durlston CP

Bar-tailed Godwit - 4 Lodmoor, 1 Brownsea Island

Whimbrel - 14 over Christchurch Harbour, 12 Stanpit, 7 Lodmoor, 1 Ferrybridge
Common Sandpiper - 6 Stanpit, 5 Lodmoor, several at Longham Lakes, 1 Holes Bay

Spotted Redshank - 7 Brownsea Island
Iceland Gull - 1 between Portland Bill & Chesil Cove

Cuckoo - 1 heard at Canford Heath, 1 Morden Bog, 1 Lodmoor, 1 The Verne Portland

Yellow Wagtail - 2 Hedbury, 1 St Aldhelm's Head
Nightingale - 1 Hengistbury Head

Whinchat - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Stanpit, 1 The Verne Portland

Wheatear - 23 Stoborough Heath

Grasshopper Warbler - 4 Hengistbury Head, 3 Lodmoor, 2 The Verne Portland, 1 Radipole, 1 Hedbury, 1 Winspit, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Bill

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham

Pied Flycatcher - 6 The Verne Portland, 3+ Hengistbury Head, 2 Portland Bill, 2 St Aldhelm's Head, 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Winspit, 1 Durlston CP, 1 Portland Castle

 

Reed Bunting at Stanpit yesterday © Clinton Whale

 

White Wagtail at Portland Castle © Brett Spencer

Whitethroat at Portland Castle © Brett Spencer

Pied Flycatcher at Portland Castle © Brett Spencer

Redstart at Portland Castle © Brett Spencer

Stonechat at Hengistbury Head © David Wareham

 

 

Sightings - Monday 18th April 2016

Red Kite - 1 near Bincombe

Hen Harrier - 1 west Poole Harbour

Crane - 2 Witchampton (Somerset levels reintroductions)
Great Bustard - 1 Lytchett Bay (probable reintroduction bird from Salisbury)

Bar-tailed Godwit - 6 Lodmoor
Whimbrel - 32 Lodmoor, 23 Christchurch Harbour

Common Sandpiper - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Hatch Pond
Wood Sandpiper - 1 Lodmoor

Cuckoo - 1 heard at Lodmoor

Yellow Wagtail - 9 Christchurch Harbour

Redstart - 5 Hengistbury Head, 1 Reap Lane

Ring Ouzel - 1 Stoborough Heath

Lesser Whitethroat - 3 Lodmoor, 1 Durlston CP

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham

Pied Flycatcher - 2 Hengistbury Head, 1 Durlston CP

Late news:
Hoopoe - in a Litton Cheney garden on 15th & 16th

Hoopoe at Litton Cheney © Steve Kourik

Black-tailed Godwit at Hengistbury Head © Geoff Norquay

Sightings - Sunday 17th April 2016

Spoonbill - 1 Rodden Hive

Osprey - 1 Okeford Fitzpaine

Crane - 1 over Monkton Up Wimborne

Whimbrel - 39 Christchurch Harbour, 1 Lytchett Bay

Common Sandpiper - 1 Blandford

Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay

Arctic Tern - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Turtle Dove - 1 Southwell

Cuckoo - 1 Monkton Up Wimborne, 1 Stanpit Marsh

Short-eared Owl - 3 Portland Bill

Swift - 1 Tout Quarry Portland

Hoopoe - 1 Portland Bill, 1 Suckthumb Quarry

Yellow Wagtail - 7 Portland Bill, 6 Christchurch Harbour

Bluethroat (White-spotted) - 1 Portland Bill

Black Redstart - 1 Durlston CP

Redstart - 3 Southwell, 3  Hengistbury Head, 3 Ashtree Meadow, 1 Suckthumb Quarry, 1 Lytchett Fields

Whinchat - 3 Suckthumb Quarry, 1 Reap Lane

Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland Bill

Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Hengistbury Head

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Hengistbury Head

Western Subalpine Warbler - 1 Portland Bill

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham

Firecrest - 3 Portland Bill

Pied Flycatcher - 1 Reap Lane

 

Bluethroat at Portland Bill © Brett Spencer

Pied Flycatcher at Portland Heights © Brett Spencer

 

Wheatear at Bincombe © Daragh Croxson

 

Sightings - Saturday 16th April 2016

Great Northern Diver - 1 Weymouth Bay.   
Spoonbill - 1 Brownsea Island, 7 Poole Harbour.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 near Ackling Dyke.
Red Kite - 1 Puncknowle.
Osprey - 1 Poole Harbour.
Crane - 1 reported near Ackling Dyke.
Knot - 1 Brownsea Island.
Whimbrel - 1+ Arne Moors, 2 Christchurch Harbour.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes.
Greenshank - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Brownsea Island.
Short-Eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill.
Hoopoe - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, Portland.
Redstart - 2 Hengistbury Head, 4 Portland Bill, 1 Ringstead.
White-Spotted Bluethroat - 1 Portland Bill.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Barleycrates Lane (Portland).
Nightingale - 1 Ringstead.
Grasshopper Warbler - 3 Portland Bill, 1 Wick.
Subalpine Warbler - 1 Portland East Cliffs.
Yellow-Browed Warbler - 1 Okeford Fitzpaine.
Firecrest - 1 Portland Bill.
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill (later central Portland).

Late news:  Hoopoe in a private garden at Litton Cheney yesterday.

Hawfinch at Portland Bill © Roger Hewitt

Sightings - Friday 15th April 2016

Great Northern Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Red-Throated Diver - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Red Kite - 1 Melplash.
Grey Plover - 10 past Hengistbury Head.
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Portland Bill.
Knot - 6 past Hengistbury Head.
Whimbrel - 15 past Hengistbury Head.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Hengistbury Head.
Arctic Skua - 1 past Portland Bill.
Little Gull - 1 past Hengistbury Head.
Little Tern - 2 off Mudeford Quay.
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Wyke Down.
Hoopoe - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, Portland.
Cuckoo - 1 Canford Heath, 1 Shaftesbury.
Swift - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Hengistbury Head, 4 Lytchett Bay.
Swallow - 300 Loud Mill sewage works.
Redstart - 1 Christchurch Harbour, 4 Portland Bill.
Whinchat - 1 Canford Heath,.1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Head, 1 Portland Bill.
Hawfinch - 1 Portland Bill.

Late news:  Red Kite over Lulworth Ranges on Wednesday 13th April.  Cuckoo at Holt Heath yesterday.

Short-Eared Owl at Wyke Down © Brian Bray

Hoopoe on Portland © Brett Spencer

Yellow Wagtails at Lytchett Fields © Paul Morton

Young Robin in Merley yesterday © Terry Elborn

DBC Walk - Winspit and St Aldhelm's Head - Sunday 17th April

Join us for a walk into the Winspit valley and along to St Aldhelm’s Head this Sunday 17th April.
We will search for spring migrants, who knows we may bump into a Hoopoe! More realistically we should encounter Wheatear, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat & Willow Warbler amongst other things and perhaps Redsart and Ring Ouzel. Scarce local breeders such as Corn Bunting and Yellowhammer should be seen too.

Meet in the car park in Worth Matravers at 09:30 (SY 974776 – charges apply) and we expect to be out for most of the day.

It's a Category C walk with some steep hills / stiles.

For more details contact richardcharman@tiscali.co.uk

Sightings - Thursday 14th April 2016

 

Great Northern Diver - 2 Portland Harbour.
Black-Throated Diver - 1 Portland Harbour.
Spoonbill - 1 Middlebere.
Marsh Harrier - 1 Christchurch Harbour.
Hen Harrier - 1 Wareham Channel.
Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay/Holton Lee departed up-valley.
Grey Plover - 1 Stanpit.
Whimbrel -1 Ferrybridge, 8 past Portland Bill.
Common Sandpiper - 1 Holes Bay, 1 Stanpit.
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Bay.
Arctic Skua - 1 Chesil Cove, 1 past Portland Bill.
Little Gull - 2 past Portland Bill.
Short-Eared Owl - 1 Portland Bill.
Hoopoe - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, Portland.
Swift - 1 Frampton.
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Bay.
Yellow Wagtail - 4+ Portland West Cliffs.
Redstart - 1 Portland Bill.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Pennsylvania Castle.

Ring Ouzel - 1 Portland West Cliffs.

Pallas's Warbler - 1 still at Portesham.

Grasshopper Warbler - 2 Christchurch Harbour.

Osprey at Lytchett Bay © Ian Ballam

Reed Bunting at Radipole © David Wareham

Tufted Duck at Lodmoor © David Wareham

Corn Bunting at Maiden Castle © Brendan Sheils

Hoopoe at Suckthumb Quarry © Brendan Sheils

Sightings - Wednesday 13th April 2016

Garganey - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Great Northern Diver - 1 E past Ferrybridge, 2 Portland Harbour
Osprey - 2 over Christchurch Harbour
Whimbrel - 2 Ferrybridge
Arctic Tern - 7 past Portland Bill
Cuckoo - 1 Rempstone Forest, 1 Wareham Forest
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill, 2 Sixpenny Handley
Swift - 1 Hengistbury Head
Hoopoe - 1 Suckthumb Quarry
Water Pipit - 2 Lytchett Bay
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Ferrybridge, 1 Hengistbury Head
Redstart - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, 1 Reap Lane, 7 Portland Bill
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, 4 Hengistbury Head, 2 Abbotsbury
Reed Warbler - 1 High Hall (River Allen)
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Verne Common
Western Subalpine Warbler - male trapped at Portland Bird Obs but                                               not seen after release.
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 South Haven
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Bill

If you are lucky enough to see and photograph something good in the county please consider forwarding a copy to dorsetbirdclub@hotmail.com for inclusion on the blog - many thanks.

Mute Swan in the Stour Valley - Geoff Norquoy

Mandarin at Canford - Dave Hill

Sightings - Tuesday 12th April 2016

Garganey - 1 Coward's Marsh
Osprey - singles over Portland, Lodmoor & Canford Heath.
Hobby - 1 Portland
Purple Sandpiper - 13 Lyme Cobb
Spotted Redshank - 2 Brownsea Is.
Cuckoo - 1 Suckthumb Quarry, 1 Morden Bog
Hoopoe - 1 Suckthumb Quarry
Whinchat - 1 Portland Bill
Garden Warbler - 1 Stanpit
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 Portland Castle
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still Portesham
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Portland Castle
Serin - 1 Portland Bill

Swallow - Wick © Geoff Norquoy

Mandarin Duck nest with 29 eggs Canford School © Roger Peart

Sightings - Monday 11th April 2016

Garganey - 1 Coward's Marsh
Scaup - 1 fem still at Abbotsbury
Common Scoter - 409 Chesil Cove, 2 Abbotsbury
Velvet Scoter - 2 past Burton Bradstock, 1 Chesil Cove
Great Northern Diver - 5 Portland Hbr. 1 sum/plum over Blacknor Portland
Red-throated Diver - 1 Chesil Cove
Manx Shearwater - 14 Chesil Cove
Osprey - 1 Abbotsbury, 1 Portland Bill
Knot - 3 Christchurch Hbr.
Whimbrel - 4 Christchurch Hbr, 3 Mudeford Quay, 1 Chesil Cove
Spotted Redshank - 1 Christchurch Hbr
Arctic Skua - 4 Chesil Cove, 1 Burton Bradstock
Iceland Gull - 1 1st/winter Upton CP.
Common Tern - 32 Chesil Cove, 26 Mudeford Quay
Arctic Tern - 1 Chesil Cove
Comic Terns - 51 past Chesil Cove
Little Tern - 2 Chesil Cove
Cuckoo - 1 Turnerpuddle
Hoopoe - 1 Verne Common RN Cemetery
Water Pipit - 1 sum/plum Lytchett Fields
Ring Ouzel - 2 Portland Bill, 1 Blacknor Portland, 1 Chickerell
Sedge Warbler - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Common Whitethroat - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still Portesham by old railway line.
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Verne Common RN cemetery

Willow Warbler - Portland Castle © Brett Spencer

Sightings - Sunday 10th April 2016

Scaup - 1 fem. Abbottsbury
Common Scoter - 406 past Chesil
Red-throated Diver - 1 past Chesil
Merlin - 1 east Chesil
Whimbrel - 2 past Chesil
Common Sandpiper - 1 Longham Lakes
Arctic Skua - 3 past Chesil, 1 past Medford Quay
Little Gull - 3 Chesil
Common Tern - 14 Chesil, 4 Medford Quay
Arctic Tern - 2 Chesil
Water Pipit - 1 sum/plum Lytchett Fields
Yellow Wagtail - 1 Upton CP.
Wheatear - 4 Ferrybridge, 1 Lytchett Fields

Redshank - Stanpit Marsh Geoff Norquay

Sightings - Saturday 9th April 2016

Manx Shearwater - c12 East Portland Bill
Marsh Harrier - 1 west Christchurch Her, 1over north Verwood a.m.
Great Bustard - 3 seen briefly Spetsbury flew off South west
Greenshank - 1 Stanpit Marsh
Spotted Redshank - 1 Lytchett Fields
Great Skua - 1 Portland Bill
Mediterranean Gull - 162 Christchurch Hbr
Short-eared Owl - 2 Portland Bill
Swallow - 16+ Lodmoor, 8 Hengistbury Hd.
Redstart - 2 Durlston CP, 1 Cowgrove, 1 Lodmoor, 1 Sherborne, 1 Portland Castle
Wheatear - 3 Hengistbury Hd.
Grasshopper Warbler - 1 Radipole in private garden.
Blackcap - 8 Hengistbury Hd.
Pallas's Warbler - 1 still Portesham
Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 still Sherborne
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Hengistbury Hd.
Serin - 1 over the West Cliff Portland

Common Redstart - Portland Castle © Brett Spencer

Sightings - Friday 8th April 2016

Garganey - 1 Coward's Marsh
Mediterranean Gull - 125 past Hengistbury Head
Sandwich Tern - 33 past Hengistbury Head, 26 Ferrybridge
Hoopoe - 1 Swanage
Short-eared Owl - 1 Top Fields Portland
Pied Flycatcher - 1 Durlston 
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham
Firecrest - 2 Portland Bill 

Sightings - Thursday 7th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Garganey - 1 Coward's Marsh
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Hoopoe - 1 Swanage
Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham

Sightings - Wednesday 6th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury Swannery
Osprey - 1 Middlebere
Red Kite - 1 over Lytchett Matravers
Little Ringed Plover - 2 Christchurch Harbour
Arctic Skua - 1 past Chesil Cove
Short-eared Owl - 1 Southwell

Sightings - Tuesday 5th April 2016

Scaup - 1 Abbotsbury

Osprey - 1 Lytchett Bay, 1 Middlebere

Red Kite - 1 St Aldhelms Head

Knot - 2 Holes Bay

Purple Sandpiper - 3 Lyme Regis Cobb

Short-eared Owl - 1 Hengistbuy Head

Redstart - 4 Portland Bill, 5 Christchurch Harbour

Hooded Crow - 1 Portland Bill

Ring Ouzel - 1 Christchurch Harbour

Reed Warbler - Lodmoor 

Sedge Warbler - Lodmoor

Siberian Chiffchaff - 1 Lodmoor

Willow Warbler - 150 Christchurch Harbour, 200 Willowchiffs Portland Bill, 30 Portland Harbour

Chiffchaff - 40 Christchurch Harbour 

Pallas's Warbler - 1 Portesham

Stonechat Christchurch Harbour © Joe Murphy

Northern Wheatear Christchurch Harbour © Clinton Whale